1992 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Suspension Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR SUB-MOUNT FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 130,000

HERE IS THE LIST OF PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THIS CAR. 1.PURCHASED FROM BOB MULLEN AUTO BATAVIA NY MILAGE: 58702 ,JUNE 3RD 1999 2.RETURNED CAR 10 DAYS LATER , AC DIDN'T WORK, DEALER REPIRED AT HIS COST OF $500. 3.JAN 2000 REPAIR EXHAUST SYSTEM. MY SHARE OF BILL $514.00 4. 4/28/2000 MONROE MUFFLER, WORK ON FRONT END AIR SUSPENSION, $370 5. 7/28/2000 ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED, COST $152 FOR NEW SWITCHES 6. 9/15/2000 TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER ABS WASN'T WORKING ESTIMATE TO REPAIR..$826, HAD DEALER DISARM ABS 7. DGL ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. HAD TO TAKE CAR TO LINCOLN DEALER,,ESTIMATED COST TO FIX ALL THE THINGS DISCOVERED TO BE BAD, $3480. TOLD THEM I'D TAKE MY CHANCES 8. 4/9/2001 TOOK CAR AGAIN TO MONROE MUFFLER FOR RIGHT AIR SUSPENSION REPLACEMENT, COST $638.... 9. 4/23/2001 CAR RETURNED TO COLE MUFFLER MUFFLERS ROTTED OUT ALREADY WERE REPLACED WITH NEW ONES PLUS PIPES. 10. 5/01/01 TOOK CAR TO AIR CONDITIONING CENTER SAID IT HAD CRACKED HOUSING REPAIR WOULD COST $575. MADE SURE WINDOWS WORKED!!! 11. 7/16/2002 TOOK CAR TO TRANSMISSION CENTER FOR SERVICE. REPLACED SWITCH FOR CAR WOULD GO INTO 2ND GEAR COST $121. STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. 12. 4/15/2003 OIL PAN STARTED TO LEAK, HAVE HAD TO WELD BUSTED SEAM $125 13. NOT SURE BUT IT SHOWS SIGNS OF OVERHEATING PROBLEMS, WHICH MAY LEAD TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND THE CAR STILL ONLY HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES!! THE CAR IS A CONTINENTAL BUT HAS BEEN RENAMED TOWN CAR BECAUSE I DON'T DARE TAKE IT OUT OF TOWN.. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS MATTER. THIS CAR HAS GOT TO BE THE REASON FOR THE NYS LEMON LAW

REAR AIR SHOCKS WILL CAUSE VEHICLE TO HEAVILY VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STRUTS/ SHOCKS WENT OUT, CAUSING LEVELERS NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT, AND STEERING BECAME VERY HARD. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED REAR SHOCKS/STRUTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR RIDE CONTROL COMES ON, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT AND REAR SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLIES, CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE CONSTANTLY RUNNING AIR PUMP. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR RIDE CONTROL COMES ON, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT AND REAR SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLIES, CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE CONSTANTLY RUNNING AIR PUMP. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR RIDE CONTROL COMES ON, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT AND REAR SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLIES, CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE CONSTANTLY RUNNING AIR PUMP. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR RIDE CONTROL COMES ON, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT AND REAR SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLIES, CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE CONSTANTLY RUNNING AIR PUMP. *SLC

AIR RIDE CONTROL SYSTEM WENT OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWAY DOWN TO ROAD. HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEMS. *AK

IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE 1992 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL EXECUTIVE SERIES HAS MANY PROBLEMS. I COULD NOT EVEN SELL IT TO A USED CAR DEALER DUE TO ITS KNOWN DEFECTS. REAR AIR SUSPENSION BLEW OUT (BOTH AT THE SAME TIME WHILE DRIVING) HEAD GASKET IN AN ENGINE THAT GETS IT'S OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES OR SO. FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY READY TO FALL OFF. VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED. AIR CONDITIONING THAT COMPLETELY BECAME DISFUNCTIONAL.

ALL FOUR SHOCK ABSORBERS WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING . ALSO, AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM WOULDN'T WORK, DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ALL FOUR SHOCK ABSORBERS WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING . ALSO, AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM WOULDN'T WORK, DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE SELF LEVELING AIR SHOCKS ARE LOSING AIR AND THE COMPRESSOR RUNS ALL THE TIME. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS WILL COST ME $500 PER WHEEL TO CORRECT. ALTHOUGH MY CAR HAS ALOT OF MILES ON IT, I CAN'T EVEN TRADE IT IN BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS IT HAS. I WONDER IF OTHER LINCOLN OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. IS THIS JUST NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS CAR.

WITH IN 10 MONTHS ALL FOUR AIR SUSPENSIONS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE DROPPING TO THE FRAME, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK EACH DIAPHRAM THAT FAILED WAS DUE TO SALT CORROSSION. *YH

REAR END DROPPED MAKING STEERING DIFFICULT, AFTER DEALER EXAMINATION ALL FOUR AIR STRUTS PN FOOY-5A96-D HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ELECTRIC ADJUSTERS AND SPG & SHK ABS

THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS, WHEN THIS OCCURS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE BOUNCES ON THE ROAD. *MJS

THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS, WHEN THIS OCCURS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE BOUNCES ON THE ROAD. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, SWAY BAR AND LINKS WORN, REAR STRUTS NEED REPLACED, HEIGHT SENSOR REPLACED, AIR SUSPENSION PUMP REPLACED, AND RIGHT STRUT ROD BROKEN WHICH CAUSED STEERING TO MAKE A CRUNCHING NOISE WHEN MAKING HARD TURNS. *SLC

THE REAR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SITS ABOUT TWO INCHES OFF THE GROUND. *MJS

AIR PUMP IN WHICH THE AIR IS IN AND THE SHOCK/STRUTS BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO DOWN TO THE GROUND. *AK

AIR PUMP IN WHICH THE AIR IS IN AND THE SHOCK/STRUTS BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO DOWN TO THE GROUND. *AK

STRUT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BROKE OFF, ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION WILL DEFLATE CAUSING LACK OF CONTROL AT ALL SPEEDS. BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR OF VEHICLE ALMOST SIT ON TOP OF THE TIRES MAKING STEERING DIFICULT. THIS PROBLEM IS COVERED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL SO ITS SOMTHING FORD KNOWS THEY NEED TO FIX. PLEASE HELP GET THIS FIXED ON A RECALL ITS NOT THE FIRST LINCOLN I HAVE HAD THAT HAS DONE THIS.

AIR CUSHIONED CONTROL CANISTER "DRYER" FAILED CAUSING REAR TO SAG AND TROUBLE WITH CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

THE FRONT STRUTS FAILED, CAUSING VIBRATION.